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Meridian University

Petaluma, California Private for-profit 4-year Small city

Overview

Located in Petaluma, California, Meridian University is a private for-profit four-year institution. Its campus is in a small city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 297 students.

Meridian University offers master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 5 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Other, Clinical Psychology, and Research and Experimental Psychology, Other. It awarded 45 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 5 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

Key figures

297
Students enrolled
45
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
5
Programs and majors

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

MasterPhDProfessional

Programs and majors offered 5

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Psychology 3
Business, Management and Marketing 1
Education 1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Master's degrees
29
Doctoral degrees (research)
5
Professional doctorates
11

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
297
Graduate students, fall 2024
297
Full-time, fall 2024
66%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
397
Graduate students, 2024-25
397
Full-time, 2024-25
59%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
82%
Men
18%
White
46%
Hispanic or Latino
11%
Black or African American
12%
Asian
6%
Two or more races
5%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
11%
Race or ethnicity unknown
7%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
5
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
93%
Students taking some online courses
7%

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Quarter
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools
CEO
Aftab Omer
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling
For veterans and service members
Dedicated veterans contact

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